Over the past decade, many university leaders and donors have come to the same conclusion: investment in the arts is essential to building a competitive institution in an increasingly global world. This year, around half a dozen new museums and arts centres are opening on campuses across the country, from Columbia University in New York to Rice University in Texas. They come on the heels of recently completed projects at Stanford in California,…

…nderson Collection at Stanford University; Right: MGM/Photofest) “Unexpected angles reveal fresh visions of what these works were and are,” Valladares writes in the exhibition text. He describes the selections as “openly personal,” rooted in his own love of film. Pairings include Mark Rothko’s Pink and White Over Red (1957) and the fiery poster for Vincente Minelli’s 1958 drama Some Came Running. Behind dramatic illustrations of a young Shirley M…

…e and color (which later would be called “color-field painting”). Her “Monotype VII” has the same energetic feeling as “Approach” upstairs. In the painting, the staining is applied sparingly, so as to create more perspective space. The monotype, however, is a joyous expanse of color punctuated by tiny flashes of white that remind one of fireworks over the ocean. Linetzky said that the second exhibition, which w…

The Cantor Arts Center and Anderson Collection at Stanford University miss seeing you. We are eager to welcome you back to campus, share art and connect over ideas. Now through August 31, 2020, we are offering all Stanford graduates in the class of 2020 one year of free Ambassador membership ($100 value*) to both museums. Each membership covers up to two adults and children within a single household. To get your FREE membership, fill out t…

…hers. He also serves as assistant professor of painting and drawing at California State University, Bakersfield. The artist, who is based in L.A., will have access to the rich intellectual resources of Stanford’s campus while engaging with students, faculty and the community over the course of the fall, winter and spring quarters. The residency will culminate in an exhibition of Ore-Giron’s work in spring 2021, giving new context to objects alrea…

…t in a U.S. map printed on black vinyl, with implanted white flags representing hundreds of tribal lands. Called Their Land (2022), the map emphasizes the presence of Native tribes today, countering the misconception that Indigenous people are all but extinct. Nearby, a digital projection shows a collection of tribal seals found and researched by Stanford students. There is no consolidated repository or database for these seals of America’s over…

…identification cards, letters, portraits, ceramic fragments photographed or copied and layered together. Here is the hand of the artist again, white-gloved, placing and arranging. In the bottom left corner of Brass Bells, a group of white men and women are pictured with coffins and human skulls, the photograph layered over another of a beaded necklace against a blue backdrop, a partial view of a person posed in landscape, and a typewritten note,…

Stepping into the Wisch Family Gallery at the Anderson Collection at Stanford University evokes a polar desert’s quiet and dangerous beauty. Centered amidst  large-scale photographs of a pristine white, icy environment, an otherworldly ultramarine-blue sphere measuring slightly over 3 feet in diameter rests on a bed of what appears to be snow. The sphere, representing Rigil Kentaurus, the third-brightest star in the night sky, is a key element o…

…the recurring use of this pervasive blue pigment in many other projects. By utilising this color she highlights the unity of the earth and the sky. Her fascination for ultramarine blue leads us to experience the sublime in nature, through altered environments that alchemise our emotions and deepen our sense of belonging to the universal. Lita Albuquerque, NAJMA (She Placed One Thousand Suns Over the Transparent Overlays of Space), Desert X…

…ed meals, and fostered a rich tapestry of community and conversation. While artwork was installed in every room, the kitchen was the place the family started each day and shared space with personally significant artworks. The Anderson Collection presents a recreation of the family’s kitchen wall with artwork by artists they knew and admired including Philip Guston, Frank Stella, and Josef Albers. This salon-style arrangement over the family’s bre…

The Anderson Collection, Stanford University’s modern art museum, hosted a free public event to celebrate its 10th anniversary on Sunday. As part of the event, the museum introduced “Art is Home,” its newest exhibit. The exhibit focuses on the importance of art in everyday life and was accompanied by artsy activities, snacks, and performances from various Stanford student groups. Visitors admire Mark Rothko’s 1957 work, “Pink and White over Red….